Nonstoichiometry and electrochromism of oxides and polyalkaline tungsten bronzes
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Nonstoichiometry and electrochromism of oxides and polyalkaline tungsten bronzes
Incoming article date: 14.01.2014Nonstoichiometric tungsten oxides WO3–x and oxide alkaline tungsten bronzes have been studied because of their potential applications in electrochromic devices such as solar panel arrays and “smart windows”. Different phases of
WO3–x have been considered. In this part we present results of our research which clearly show that all Magneli phases of tungsten oxides WOx (namely W40O118, W20O58, W5O14, W18O49, W8O23, W3O8) and oxide tungsten bronzes MxMyWO3 at M-Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs. They are characterized by metal – like properties. Their band structures display an energy gap in the valence band just below the Fermi level.
We present results of our electrochemical synthesis of tungsten oxide bronzes in ionic melts of the polytungsten salts. Among the new state – of – the art methods for their manufacture, electrochemical synthesis in ionic melts, which makes considerably better use of existing technologies, is highly productive, based on the discharge of oxyanions of the polytungstates.Keywords: oxide alkali bronzes, alkaline tungsten bronzes, tungsten, molybdenum, nonstoichiometry, tungsten oxides, electroconductivity, electrochromism